by chian | Feb 8, 2013 | Drug Testing Texas, Parent Zone
By Sarah Thomas sthomas@news-journal.com Synthetic marijuana is back in the spotlight after recent incidents in Texas and Louisiana. A Cypress teen suffered a series of strokes that left her brain-damaged, blind and paralyzed, and a Louisiana man said he cut his...
by chian | Feb 7, 2013 | Drug Testing Texas, Parent Zone
Some heavy metals, in trace amounts, are beneficial to the body; these include iron, zinc, copper and manganese. Other heavy metals can be poisonous or toxic to the human body; these include arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium, iron, and others. These metals manifest...
by chian | Feb 6, 2013 | Drug Testing Texas, Parent Zone
Fingernail, a keratinized protein like hair, is emerging as a popular specimen type for drug and alcohol testing. Using fingernail samples for toxicological analysis and pharmacokinetic studies has been around for decades. However, many people do not have as much...
by chian | Dec 10, 2012 | Drug Testing Texas, Parent Zone
The photos, that show a shocking Dorian Gray-like deterioration, were compiled from mug shots of drug users that were arrested repeatedly over the years. The continued drug use caused horrific damage to the drug users’ skin with sores and scarring – that...
by chian | Dec 5, 2012 | Drug Testing Texas, Parent Zone
TUESDAY Dec. 4, 2012 — U.S emergency rooms tended to more than 11,400 cases of drug-related health complications specifically linked to the use of synthetic marijuana in 2010, a new government report reveals. Released Tuesday, The DAWN Report from the U.S....
by chian | Nov 21, 2012 | Drug Testing Texas, Parent Zone
It sounds like a direct-to-Netflix horror movie plot — a cheap, addictive drug available in a foreign land, that turns the user’s skin a scaly green color. Soon it rots the flesh, causing the user’s skin to emulate that of a crocodile, leaving bone and...